good morning. thanks for starting your weekend with us. big parts of california dealing with massive flooding after rain and snow for weeks. >> atmospheric river is to blame and there is another one close behind it. it is march 11th. this is "today." under water. >> i have never seen it. >> nearly a foot of rain pounding california. walls of water engulfing homes and businesses. 16 million people out west worried about the potential for more flash flooding today with thousands forced to evacuate. we'll have the full forecast and

look ahead to the next storm that's already taking aim. catastrophic collapse. one of the country's largest banks shutdown by the feds in the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. what went wrong and is your money safe? all eyes on iowa. republicans descend on the first of the nation caucus state. ron desantis eyeing a possible run. >> we chose freedom over fauci-ism. we were right and they were wrong. >> next up, former president trump heading to iowa on monday as he faces campaign finance indictment in new york city. all that, plus ready for oscar. red carpet rolled out for the awards. who takes home the statue? is "everything everywhere all at

once" taking hope the oscar or is brendan fraser or austin butler? >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and kristen welker. welcome to "today." thanks for joining us on saturday morning. that means most of america has 24 hours to see a ton of movies if you want to be set for the academy awards tomorrow. >> count me as one. it will be a fun night. we will look at that later. we have a lot to get to, including the news that two sisters from texas and a friend are missing in mexico. the women's family say they have not heard from them in a few weeks. that news coming days after four americans were ambushed by a drug cartel in mexico and two killed. we will have the latest on all of it. we are keeping a close eye

on the weather out west. punishing rain causing problems for californians leading to dangerous flash flooding. we will get to angie lassman's forecast in a minute. first, we get the latest from the storm zone with steve patterson in sanger, california. steve, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. state of emergency here. you see the devastation rocked by the atmospheric river churning through the state. two people have been confirmed dead so far with another 10,000 under mandatory evacuation. the president authorizing federal aid. fema is on the ground. the national guard is on the ground. search and rescue teams are active in areas like this one. the threat, of course, is the possibility of more flash flooding. 90 warnings and watches across the state. historic snow pack in places like the san bernardino mountains where people remain

trapped. 13 people confirmed dead from those storms. now the race from officials on to release more water from the state reservoirs with the possibility that they may overflow and flood low-lying communities. the warning ahead of the next storm is expected in the next few days. if you don't have to be on the roads, of course, don't be. if you need to take shelter, do it. do not ignore the warnings in california. guys, back to you. >> steve patterson on the ground in california. thank you. >> images are unbelievable. let's bring in meteorologist angie lassman for a look at the threat still lingering from the storm. angie? >> it looks like another couple of days they will not catch a break. we will have brief breaks, but 16 million people included in the flood alerts. san francisco and monterey and fresno and bakersfield. after the rain they received yesterday, it is unbelievable.

a lot of places like san francisco and monterey and santa barbara getting a bit of a break. the rain is falling and snow falling in the higher elevations for the inland areas. let's get you set up from here. i mentioned there is no real break. as we get to the later part of today and overnight tonight, we see quieter conditions. it is a brief break. we see the breezy conditions at the higher elevations. once we head to tomorrow, more rain and snow on the way. how much? anywhere from 1 to 4 inches in the northern areas of california and focused to the coast. let's talk about the numbers you could see coming from the places. eureka and san francisco with another 1 to 2 inches. we likely will see more flooding. this is going to be something ongoing. we have seen the images like steve showed of washed out roads. we have more structure damage that is likely to come here as we go through the next couple

days. as far as the snow is concerned, higher elevations could see up to 8 feet. we have received rainfall amounts of 6 to 9 inches across southern california. we will see more rainfall and snowfall. as this system moves east, the rockies will be impacted. guys. >> angie lassman, thank you. we will get the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. we turn to the economy and stunning news on friday that silicon valley bank, the biggest bank collapsed. the first major bank to go down since the 2008 financial crisis. it quickly ignited fears that its collapse to lead to a ripple effect. we have global markets reporter seema mody here with more. seema, good morning. this is one of the top 20 biggest banks in the country. it served the start-up and venture capital communities. in 48 hours, it basically went

belly up. how did this happen and why so quickly? >> reporter: peter, good morning. it happened at alarming speed. it started wednesday when silicon valley bank needed to raise $2 billion to shore up the balance sheet due in part to a bad bet it made on bonds. that pushed customers to run to the exits. simultaneously, capital investors were telling clientsz clients to get the money out. $42 billion of money sent the stock lower. and the federal regulators took control of the bank. the powerful name in california which plays a role in the tech industry. >> seema, it is the second largest failure ever in banking history. a lot of americans are looking at this and it is making them concerned about their own savings. there will be some ripple effect or a so-called contagion in

other banks. how worried should people be about their money? >> reporter: kristen, so far, silicon valley bank does seem to be unique in that. it is heavily exposed to the technology industry versus diversified like larger banks. it is vulnerable to higher interest rates. of course, wall street will be watching to see if there are ripple effects across the industry. there are, of course, a number of startups warning employees in the past two days, that they may not be able to make payroll and they are unsure when they get it out. secretary of treasury janet yellen saying she is monitoring the developments. >> seema, i want to ask about the job numbers on friday. 300,000 new jobs across the country. that exceeded expectations. but it's also causing some

concern it could mean higher interest rates ahead what does jerome powell do about this are we paying a bit more again soon >> that's right. that is the big question it's another hot jobs report, we saw robust gains across hospitality, leisure, restaurants, and now we'll be looking to the next inflation report, the consumer price index, on tuesday. that, along with this february jobs report, will give investors a much more informed view as to what the federal reserve could do next at their meeting on march 21st we did hear jerome powell, the chair, at congressional testimony this week saying he's leaving the door open to higher interest rates to get inflation down inflation has been stubbornly high for a couple months that will give wall street a better view as to whether it could be a quarter of a point hike or oa half a percent >> the white house keeping a close eye on this, inflation having a big impact on so many

americans. seema mody, thank you. florida governor decron desantis to declare his run for president, but he's sounding more and more like a candidate this visit in iowa coming days ahead of former president trump. dasha burns was at the event and spoke to voters in the hawkeye state. she's in des moines. dasha, good morning. >> reporter: kristen, good morning. the florida governor drew jam-packed audiences at both of his iowa events on friday. an early indication of at the very least voter interest in desantis in the hawkeye state. the question is will that curiosity translate to caucuses for the iowa newcomer. this morning, iowa in the spotlight. the first republican presidential caucus state drawing multiple hopefuls within days of each other ron desantis made his debut in friday in davenport and des

moines he hasn't announced a bid for white house but is sounding like a candidate in his stump-style basis. >> we beat the left day after day. >> talking about covid policies. >> we chose freedom just like iowa, and we were right, and they were wrong. freedom over fauci-ism. >> reporter: he is describing policies for the revival of america. it is a vehicle for his message. it comes on the heels of candidate nikki haley's trip. just ahead of former president trump's trip who announced his third run right after the midterms. the des moines register poll shows trump with a strong and slipping hold on republicans here. governor ron desantis with momentum. voters are not ready to hitch their wagon.

>> i like him. desantis is same way. >> they will stand there and shake their hands and find out where they stand on the issues. >> reporter: these iowa caucuses could be as decisive as ever . >> how high stakes? >> it is high stakes. two-on-one after the iowa caucuses. president trump will be the nominee. if it is one-on-one, it is game on. >> reporter: as president trump makes his way >> reporter: as president trump makes his way to iowa this week, michael cohen is set to testify before a grand jury investigating hush-money payments he made on behalf of mr. trump to former adult film actress stormy daniels mr. trump denies any wrongdoing. he says he never had an affair meanwhile, new york prosecutors are signalling a possible indictment could be coming soon for the former president

now to a group of another story of a group of americans in mexico two sisters and their friend travelled ther ali, the news comes after a week after four americans were kidnapped, two of them killed in mexico >> reporter: peter, that's right. there are no signs of the sisters and their friend after the fbi and customs and border patrol said they left mcallen on the 24th crossing into mexico to sell clothes at a flea market. their family spoke with them over the phone while they were in mexico but grew concerned when they couldn't reach them afterwards texas officials have been investigating the disappearance of the women since monday and

their family bs have been in touch with mexican authorities four americans were shot at and kidnapped after crossing the border into northern mexico for a medical procedure. a law enforcement official told nbc news cartel gunmen targeted the group in a case of mistaken identity two americans were killed, and two returned to the u.s. earlier this week. the cartel apologizing in a handwritten letter thursday and turning over five members who were arrested friday peter? >> thank you so much the state department is warning americans not to go to that area. we appreciate your report. thanks and also this morning, the man convicted in the high-profile s 1996 murder of ch kristen smart has been sentenced to 25 years of life in prison. the judge handed the sen tes to paul flores on friday calling him a, quote, cancer to society. prosecutors alleged flores, who was a fellow first-year student

killed the woman after trying to rape her he was convicted in october. plumes of ash are spewing out of mount merapi. after the eruption, people were told to stop activities in the area they were not evacuated. one of the most active in the so-called ring of fire >> check out those images. stunning. angie is back with the rest of the country's forecast. >> we have, of course, the rain in california, but we also have rain and a wintry mix in the northeast. this is out of here before you know it. albany and scranton, you are getting snowflakes falling outside as you get up and get out this morning. in new york and philadelphia, it

is rain that is falling. it will mix in the wintry mix for the morning hours. eventually it will exit. that will all be gone. maybe see a few lingering snowshowers. what will be leftover is the windy conditions. that is something for the rest of the day today. now as we go south where the weather is perfect for the players. ponte vedro beach, florida. we hit the 80s by the time we hit next week. the rest of the country is blizzard conditions for the high plains. that makes it difficult for travel in the dakotas. good morning. it's 6:16 on this saturday here in the bay area. a beautiful look over the bay bridge span. we're looking at a pretty comfortable start this morning. 48 in san francisco, 51 in hayward and san jose, 52 degrees right now in gilroy.

overall, we're still dealing with the remaining effects of the atmospheric river that slammed the bay area the last couple days. right now looking at pretty calm conditions, just and that's your forecast. peter and kristen, back to you. >> angie, thank you. still to come, we told you about cocaine bear and now apparently a cocaine cat. jesse kirsch is on the story for us. >> reporter: peter, i'm afraid. all we know is the internet is loving this. i'll have the details on how we ended up talking with cocaine cat coming up. >> sounds like a hair raiser. jesse, thank you. all you need to know about all you need to know about the academy awards toake it m

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, march 4th -- march 11. i'm kira clapper. crews have been working non-stop trying to repair soquel's main road after it was washed out. the massive hole is part of what was north main street. it washed out friday morning after a six foot culvert gave in to the powerful currents. overnight rain taking a water main with it. hundreds of people were stranded in their homes and received a water boil notice. many had no choice but to walk

to stock up on supplies only accessible thanks to a neighbor with a private bridge over the creek. >> we asked family members to pick us up over on the side of the road because there's a bridge to get our groceries and stuff. >> the goal is to have part of the road restored by this morning. if that does not work out, the city will be putting up a temporary bridge which could take days to assemble. a handful of sonoma county roads are under water. we found two roads were just not passable near river road. most drivers followed the advice and turned around. if you decided to risk it, who a delivery driver who we found needed to be rescued. what's in store for the weekend. let's check in with cynthia pimentel.

>> no rain right now for the majority of the bay area. we have overcast keeping the temperatures warmer in the 40s and 50s, 44 in san rafael. 51 here in san jose. we're still reeling in on all the effects of the atmospheric river and the amount of rain we got in such a short time. the last couple days you can see all that water vapor headed right for our state. i'll track all this and much more coming up at 7:00 a.m. >> make sure to download our free nbc bay area app. it's a great resource to have. coming up at 7:00 this morning on ""today in the bay"," bodies and hundredsf o

♪ if i could turn back time ♪♪ we are back on saturday morning, february -- march 11th, 2023 with the beautiful sunrise over the arch in st. louis. that is cher's "if i could turn back time" is something we wish we could do. don't forget to set your clocks an hour forward as we prepare for daylight saving time. >> what a beautiful picture. as we talk about daylight saving time, you lose an hour of sleep, but gain an hour of

sunlight in the evening. waking up tomorrow may hurt, but it will be a little bit lighter later. it is interesting. you have a young one. that would be interesting. >> translation, you get up an hour earlier with a toddler. >> i like extra sometime. we begin with the half hour of headlines right now. we start with the senate top republican mitch mcconnell who is said to be doing well and eager to leave the hospital, his aides say. doctors are treating him for a concussion when he fell at the dinner at the washington hotel on wednesday. his adviser tells nbc news that mcconnell has been walking jesse kirsch is here to explain

this does not seem real, jesse. >> reporter: kristen, good morning. we thought we would bring bizarre for everyone on saturday. here is what we know. emery is, according to the cincinnati zoo, recovering and showing positive signs of improvement. as he is getting better, this big cat is becoming a big social media star. media star emery might look like other big cats, but this african serval is having a year far from typical he wound up in a cincinnati tree and then >> the toxicology coming back positive for cocaine coming >> a bear did cocaine. >> reporter: it was the spin on the comedy "cocaine bear." >> have a guy time with it the thing we want to make sure

that gets across from our perspective is our officers take cases like this seriously. >> reporter: cincinnati animal care ray anderson said this started with a police stop and the cat climbed the tree and breaking a leg animal control tried to get him down. >> very scared >> reporter: emery is now resting at the cincinnati zoo and making great signs of progress this isn't the first time cincinnati has seen a drugged animal animal care found meth in a monkey's system. >> we take cases seriously and we want to get as much evidence as possible in the event if these cases go to court, then we have an open and shut case >> reporter: the ohio department of agriculture is not investigating, but adds people generally cannot own servals in the state. there are exceptions still, anderson points to the

social media prowess as the reason people want them as pets. >> there will be millions of animals in shelters nationwide this year that don't get a percent of a percent of a percent of publicity that this cat will, but they need your help >> reporter: reminder, if you can, rescue a typical house cat or a dog in need cincinnati animal care says it doesn't know how the cocaine wound up in emery's system they are figuring that out they said this is exposure it did not appear emery was ill from the narcotics that is good news. peter and kristen, a list of things i never thought i would see. cocaine cat. on the list. back to you. >> i did not have that on my bingo card jesse kirsch, thank you. happy the cat will be okay. >> happy the cat is okay the cougar is a bad influence. >> you have to choose your

company wisely angie lassman is keeping a close eye on the forecast right now. we know it is wet out west what about the rest of the country? forecast right now. we know it is wet out west. what about the rest of the country? >> the mid section of the country has a system working across the northern dakotas and stretching into parts of the south. we have a couple of things we have to deal with today. blizzard conditions across the northern plains. minneapolis and wisconsin and northern michigan will get in on that action. we have severe weather that will take shape for parts of the south and into tomorrow. the southeast will have a chance of stronger storms developing. hail or a tornado or two. we move that to the east for tomorrow. be prepared if you are out in this area on sunday. you could see stronger storms developing. anywhere from 1 inch of rain for

it's 6:36. let's start in the east bay where over in hayward this morning, currently 51 degrees with cloudy skies. we'll stay cloudy and cool until about 11:00. 12:00 we'll see some light rain move in over the area in ear parts of the bay area as well, helping you plan your day in the bay in just a few minutes. we do remain under this flood watch through tomorrow morning. even though we d and that's a look at the forecast. peter and kristen, back to you. >> angie, thank you. just ahead, we have the ticket to the oscars for you. the cheat sheet that everybody the cheat sheet that everybody needs to

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this is the eve of the academy awards. if you haven't seen any nominated film or any film, we will make you sound like you have. >> we got you. dave is a turner classic movie host and awards correspondent. dave, thank you for being here. we appreciate it. great to see you. this is the first oscars since that infamous slap last year. it is hard to believe it has been a year. how much pressure does that put on the host jimmy kimmel and the show? >> a decent amount. the good news is it will help the ratings. people care about that because of the incident, but because they have seen "top gun" and "elvis" and "everything everywhere all at once." jimmy has been saving up good lines about the slap last year. he will save them and address it and move on.

>> dave, one of the things about this is the last year's winner presents the best actor and gives to the best actress. will smith is not there this year. what will they do? >> they will mix it up. one thing that is interesting is harrison ford is among the presenters. one of the potential winners is keung le kwon. >> let's talk about best actress. >> that is a toss up with cate blanchett in "tar" -- oh, best actor. i apologize. austin butler is nominated for "elvis" and brendan fraser is up for "whale." i think austin butler may have

the edge because of the love for elvis. >> let's get to best actress. cateblanchett and michelle yeoh. >> michelle yeoh with the film "everything everywhere all at once" is the predicted winner. i'm not confident at all. cate would make history with that third win, but michelle yeoh with the second woman of color to win. that would be a huge win. >> let's talk best picture. it was hard to see all five nominees in the old days. now you have ten to catch up on. that means a lot of late saturday purging. >> i'm behind. >> we'll work on maverick this weekend. maverick was like that heart stopper that americans were thrilled by. it seems to be a long shot to win. who comes away with best

picture? >> "top gun:maverick" would be interesting if it won, but i don't think it will to. "everything everywhere all at once" with the voters guild and oscars. it could be interesting with the sweep and then lose best picture. it would be a shock if this movie were to lose. >> all right. dave is breaking it all down for we want to turn to our friend nbc news anchor joe fryer with "popstart." >> what's the word can the grease." we will show you the new take on the old classic. we're back after this.

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his mortality. he said he doesn't have long to live and it was that realization that prompted 91-year-old shatner to say yes to a documentary chronicling his life and career despite turning down offers in the past. he said my time is limited, so that is very much a factor. i have grandchildren. this documentary is a way of reaching out after i die. "you can call me bill" is southwest to debut next week. up next, "grease:rise of the pink ladies." paramount plus dropped a music video for the iconic title song. the cast pays homage to the dances drive-in movie scene.

♪♪ ♪ grease is the word ♪ ♪ is the word ♪ ♪ it's got move ♪ ♪ it's got meaning ♪ ♪ grease is the word ♪♪ >> "grease:rise of the pink ladies" starts streaming april 6th. >> sign me up, by the way. i cannot wait to watch that. >> rizzo and sandra dee. >> tell me more, tell me more. >> exactly. i will tell you more. finally, idris elba. he caught up with our friend willie to chat about his bbc show "luther" getting the movie treatment on netflix. they discuss a subtle reference in the film that may end the talk of him playing james bond. >> is that intentional reference

to bond? >> i didn't write that. that was -- i remember seeing that in the script. are we sure, bro? this is right on the nose. they were like, yeah. let's do it. so, you know, a little bit of fun. >> was that a nod to the outside calls to play james bond? >> obviously, but i think those who know know. >> i'm intrigued. catch the conversation with idris elba tomorrow morning on "sunday today." that is your "popstart." >> talk about a teaser. >> idris elba would be amazing. >> i could not agree more. two votes here. still ahead, joe will go back to the story of two friends helping to tie up loose ends

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we are back with a story of two long time friends, both knitters, who started a group that is growing faster than an old handmade scarf. >> very well done. friends would ask to finish craft projects started by people who passed away. >> they created a community to help finish projects. taking on sweaters to blankets and often for strangers. loving is still woven in her mind nine months after losing her. her broken heart wasn't the only thing needing mending. >> when she passed away, we cleared the closet. there was a knitting bag. >> inside the bag is an unfinished sweater that she was knitting for ethan. a loose end that needed to be

tied up. >> i love knitting. >> by the hands of betina. >> it felt really good. >> they were connected through loose ends. a group stitched together last september to finish craft projects by loved ones who passed away. >> a great way to help somebody get through the grieving process. >> these projects, whether a sweater or mittens or scarf, these are things that are filled with love, aren't they? >> a tangible gesture of love. wearing something that someone made for you special feels good. >> they have more than 7,000 volunteers known as finishers with 300 projects in the works in 30 now complete. including that sailboat sweater. >> she handed it to me. oh, my goodness. i was already emotional. you know, i started to cry.

she goes, stop. you will make me cry. >> inside the knitting bag, she found mittens which she finished, too. adding a heart. >> for me, what it symbolized was this is mom with you and she would always remember that mom has her hand. >> as for the sweater, ethan is wearing the final gift. the yarn binding together strangers for life. >> i didn't know betina. she is a special person. >> the only cost for the project is postage. the organizers try hard to find finishers who live nearby and also have expertise in the craft whether it is knitting, crochet or needle work. peter and kristen. >> a great story. i love seeing the great grandson running around. >> i still revere the blankets that my grandmother made me.

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